Nationality American Known for Photography Education Tuskegee University | Role Jr. Name Chester Jr. | |
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Born 1946 (age 69–70) Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. Books Feeling the spirit, Elder Grace: The Nobility of Aging Similar People Maya Angelou, Tawakkol Karman, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Stefano Stefani, Anders Behring Breivik |
African american legends chester higgins jr photographer capturing the spirit
Chester Higgins Jr. (born November 1946) is an American photographer.
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- African american legends chester higgins jr photographer capturing the spirit
- Life and work
- Published books
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Life and work

Higgins was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and grew up in New Brockton, Alabama. He attended Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University), where he was mentored by the school's official photographer, P. H. Polk, and graduated in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in business management. Higgins worked as a New York Times photographer since 1975 and exhibited in museums throughout the world.

Higgin's work is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art and has been included in numerous book collections and appeared in publications such as Newsweek, Fortune, Look, Essence and Life.

In Before Genesis, Higgins narrates the story of the African beginnings of spirituality, antecedents of the Biblical world along the River Nile from the 6,000-foot high mountains of Kush (modern-day Ethiopia) through Nubia (Sudan) down to the ancient land of Kemet (Egypt).
He is represented by the Peter Fetterman Gallery of Santa Monica, California.
Published books

